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By FRANK JENKINS
Thla una comes Irom Hong Kong:
"Mncliunn Hlilh Liang, red Chi
na's MINISTER, OF JUSTICE, hna
confessed Hint hho spent 70,1X10
yuan, r 3.S0, to bring Iter leo
box (rum bhanghal lo lior new
hum In Pelplng.
' "She Hun admitted It was a
wastolul extravagance mid has
promised not to do it aguln."
Do (hoy have deep frecr.e sen ti
ll h In ALREADY In coininuiil.Hl chi
na, where tha reds huva held pow
er for only lour or live yours.
Think what It will bo when they've
held supremo power lor TWENTY
esrsl
I commend your attention 'lo
Inls one from Fltuibtirgh Pa.I:
"film nf 111 null,,,,',, hhrliffut
swards tor heroism liie CurneKle
Bronze Medal waa awarded yes
lerdav to a Spokane, Washington.
TEEN-AGER who risked her Hie
in aava lour children Ironi a burn
Init Iok cabin."
Margaret Frye (the teen-age
heroine i wau acting aa a baby
Mtler lor cliiht children when (Ire
In oka out In the Iok house. Hhe
haved lour of the cluht, aullerliiK
such severe burin Unit ahe waa
in Hit hospital lor three months.
At the auitM. aenMon, the Car
neille HeroiMnd Commission
awarded the Breliso Medal to Don-i-l
Wulluee ol Portland. Donul saw
a little Kir I walking along the rail
loud tracks lit Multiioinah Fulls,
up tho Columbia (roni Portlund.
' A train was thundering toward her
from behind. She didn't nee or
lirar It. Alter a wild sprint down
Ihe track, Donul snatched her
from under the engine's wheels
Just III Ihe nick o( lime.-
Whatever you do, DON'T BEI.L
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE SHORT.
There mav be an occasional bad
apple in the barrel, but I'd bet
my life the percentage ol bnd ap
ples Is no higher now than In the
past.
Just lor a change, read this one
Ironi Sydney, In Australia, down
under Ihe equator, where It's SUM
MER when It's winter here:
"A severe heal wave seorched
Ilia entire eastern half of Australia
today, with temperatures ol more
than 100 degrees lor Hie eighth
ktralghl day."
Thanksl
It s nice to read about It, any
way. By the way
In these Maya o( weird wonders
around every corner, when we
talk casually of making rain by
hand whenever It la needed and
llvlnff ta Ihe moon for a week-end
hbl.lsy. why doesn't somebody
ligure out a way lo make Uie
inl Ihiit ta the Inrrpstrlnl clobe
FLIP OVER END FOR END every
other day?
That ought to mix summer and
winter In Just about the right pro
portions. You'd know thla one U (rom
. Washington, even If I didn't tell
you:
"Dr. Walter P. Bowman, head
of American University's depart
ment ol communications, an-
m MMiru TUT-
n-iNc-n Tn TFAOH GHOST
WRITERS TO"TATTERr7 THEIrU
..WORK TO this mas rjn nnuai
tnnrv'i limrnNn
"Dr. Bowman called the once
scorned ghost writers Mndlspens-
hla artisans He aald It la time
the public recognlred that 'most
of tho great speeches we hear ire
written in whole or In part by
aomebody backstage.' "
Where's my old ten-gauae shot
gunand the buckshot shells!
Anybody who proposal making
more and better ghost Writers to
write more apeechea for fat-headed
big shot who are too dumb
or too ler.y to write their own
ought to be made aleve of. and
I think I'm Just the boy lo do 11.
GMGetsOK
On Price Hike
WA8HINOTON W The govern
ment Thursday authorised General
Motors to raise basic retail prices
on Its 1053 automobiles by amounts
ranging from (ISO to 1223.
At the same time, the Office of
Price Stabilisation approved boosts
in basic dealer prices on 1B52 Hud
son cars, ranging (rom too to (143.
Dealers for General Motors and
Hudson may put the Increases Into
ellect at once. The Increases are
based on higher ceilings approved
late last year for 1051 models.
The new ceilings Include higher
. laclory wholesale prices plua tho
customary dealers markup of each
company.
In computing delivered prices,
costs, federal, state and local tax
es, and charges for extra equip
ment and sorvlclng.
Tho range of basic retail price
hikes (or the several GM lines of
cars are: Chevrolet, from $18 lo
1103; Pontine. (82 to 1110: Oldsmo-title-.
$03 to $168: Bulck, 50 to 180;
Cadillac, (rom $123 to $322.
Thieves Give To
March Of Dimes
OROFINO, Idaho Ml The Oro
flno Veterans ot Foreign Wars
Club, was burglarized and about
$.1,100 In eash was taken
But before leaving tho club, the
burglars stuffed a March of Dimes
collection box In tho club with
about $no worth ol quarters and
half dollars.
Convicts Tell
Eatinq Fattest
In Dash Through Jungle
BOOOTA, Columbia lPI Six
wild and bearded convicts who es
caped a tropical Junglo prison camp
said Thursday they killed, broiled
and ate a seventh companion the
fattest one and were planning to
eat another when they stumbled
Into a settlement and surrendered.
Their confession was reported by
Horaolo Rosero Oalcedo, director
of the National Territories Depart
ment ol the Interior Ministry.
I The men wandered 38 days
tiirough treacherous swamps and
Jungle inhabited almost solely by
snakes, beasts and wild natives,
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Print live OnU Jl Vtr KLAMATH FAM.8, tffljgflr ',AY JANLA,lY zi mz Ttlephun 8111 No. 2722
Man Minis Me Killed-
JJh. 'Mil
A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER was placed
auainst Roy Plant, 42, this morning after he admitted, last
night fatally stabbing his ex-wire, Luclla Himes Plant (in
set). Tho stabbing occurred Saturday night at an Esplanade
Court apartment they occupied.
Kef auver Entry Into '52
Race For President Poses
Big Question-What Of HST?
It MARVIN L. ARROWHMITH
WASHINGTON 11 Sen. Ke
fauver's finihh-flght bid for the
Democratic presidential nomlna
tlon sharoenod the big question
mursday; does President Truman
plan to run again?
Mr, '.Truman could end the spec
ulation by announcing his plans
at hi news conference late Thurs
day. But the White House provided
no advance hint lie might do so.
Kcfauver formally entered the
race Wednesday. Tho Tennessee
Senator said he waa "in until the
llnish. regardless of whether Mr.
France Moves
In On Tunisia
By CARTKR L. DAVIDSON '
TUNI8. Tunisia (Pi The French
delivered- a atom warning , to the
Bey of Tunis domondlng Thursday
that he help restore order In this
seething protectorate, : where 10
days or rioting have claimed at
leasi oa nvos.' - ,
Jcnn ; dc Hautcclocque, i the
French resident general, called on
me uey at his palace.
The Boy waa told that unless he
takes steps to avoid further blood
shed, the French will be compelled
io insc even sillier military incus
uros than are under way now,
The French rushed heavy rein
forcemcnus of gendarmes - and
troops into trouble spots through
out Tunisia, where Arab Nation
alists are clamorhur for . more In
dependence (rom France. ,
The Bey, Sldl Mohamcd At Aniln,
has been sympathetic to the Na
tionalist demands. Earlier in the
week he had refused to sen the
Resident General, pleading nine s,!
Of Killing.
Of Group
They covered a crow-flloht. 1 H.
tance ol about 2S0 miles before
thoy renched Puerto Umbrla a
river village In an Andean valley,
and gave themselves up.
Some were 111 with malaria, All
were clothed In rotted tatters.
Eating their plumpest compan
ion, they said, was the only wav
they could get strength to escape
the Jungle, . ,
The. Araraouara Prison Colony
thoy fled In on the paqueta River,
an Amazon tributary which rises
in the Andes not far from Puerto
Umbrin and flows A&ntwarri . lnl.n
the wilds of Brazil, i, , 1
. .
Wik
Truman seeks re-election.- ' .
"I am going to work hard lo
win," said the former chairman of
the Senate- Crime Investigating
Committee, ..
With his attractive wife, Nuncv.
seated by his side, Kefauvcr toid
newsmen:
"I regard It as the rlcht of tho
American people to have as wide
a choice as possible In choosing
their leaders. There Is a place
and a need for new blood and
new Ideas In both parties."
Kcfauver said the "paramount
Issue" Is "peace in Ihe world."
He added that under the Roosevelt
and Truman administrations dur
ing the past 20 yoars, "we have
mudc much progress enacting and
vigorously pursuing a foreign poli
cy In the Interest ol world peace."
Kcfauver did (ire some criticism,
however, in the direction of the
Truman administration. He said
"it. goes . witliout saying .that -we
must have clean government," and
added: ... t
"We In the federal government
must first clean our own house.
Some worthwhile things have been
done, but not enough not nearly
enough." ,
Voice Gets
New Station
WASHINGTON MV-A new seven
million dollar short wave trans
mitter plant lor the "Voice of
America" will be located in the
Port Angeles area of Washington
State, the State Department an
nounced Thursday.
The transmitter, planned to have
the most powerful radio signal In
the' world, will carry the broad
casts of the State Department ra
dio across the Pacific to the Far
East. It will be located at a point
known as Dungcncss.
' Another new transmitter Is to be
broadcast , to Europe and Latin
America. The site for this is ex
pected to be announced in a tew
days,
Along with these transmitters the
Voice Is completing the installa
tion ot a new floating transmitter
aboard a special Coast Guard ship,
with the purpose ol rcaohing re
mote aroas. The floating: station Is
scheduled to be ready next month.
SWEET TOOTH
PUENTE, Calil. Wl Diagnosing
a liver upset, doctors prescribed
plenty ol sweets lor Donald Cowley
ID. .
So ho has added six cokes and six
candy bars to his dally . diet. . He
reported Thursday he feels much
improved,' v i
warSmeiiit-
Roy Plant in
Jail, Facing
Murder Count
By HALfc HCARBROIGII noon, and admitted the killing. i Chinese fire damaged four tanks,
Roy IMant, 42-year-old railroad He alAO said he tried to kill him- 'but all limped back to Allied lines,
worker, admitted after several l.cll. stabbing himself In the chest A fifth tank was damaged Wednes
houra of questioning last night several times with a small Jack- :dav in the fight west of Chorwon.
that he ai led his es-wile Luella i. knife. nd slashing his left wrist. I Carrier based planes hammered
Gertrude Plant, Saturday night and ! Plant told Ilt. Atly. D. K. Van away at the Wonsan-Hungnam rail
then spent almost (our days wlthjVactor and other polite officials !Kne for the third straight day Land
the body In their Esplanade Court that he and his wile were in the ; bawed Naval aircraft concentrated
apartment,
A charge ol second degree mur
der was plffced against Plant this
morning.
It was almost midnight when the
sandy-haired Southern Pacific mo
torcar mechanic changed the story
he had stuck by since late alter-
Spud Forum
Will View
Basin Future
By MAC EPPLEV JR.
When potato price ceilings were
Installed recently, Idaho, because
ot a poor crop this year, war
given a base celling 20 cents high-
er than Klamath-produced spuds.
even though local potatoes had
loDg enjoyed a premium over Idu
bo's best. v
Cries of "socialism" and "pa
ternalism" rose Irom naiiy cor
ners. Mere thought ol any sort ol
agricultural control brought objec
tions from many locaj potatomen
who said the Industry would sut
ler Are contracts a threat to the
potato economy?
This week the Herald and News
and KFLW has chosen "How Best
Can We Develop and Protect the
Klamath Basin Potato Economy"
as the topic for exploratory study
and thought.
Highlight of the study will be
Monday night's program over sta
tion KFLW when a panel of ex
perts will present each point of
view represented.
The tentative panel at present
Includes: ,
Mrs. Minnie Surles. represent
ing the housewife and consumer
of potatoes: E. E. Kilpatrlck. pres
ident of the Klamath County Farm
Bureau; Mike Williams, Master,
Pomona Grange: Earl Wilson, pres
ident of Klamath Potato Grow
ers Association and past county
chairman of the Productidn-ar-ketlng
Administration: Jack Deg
nan, a potato buyer and grower,
and county Agent C. A. Hender
son. Scott Warren, chairman ol the
Oregon Potato Commission, due lo
return tomorrow from Washington,
D. C, where he has been attend
ing sessions with the Office' ol
Price Stabilization may be a panel
member. ,
Just how Important the potato
is' to the Klamath Basin Is to be
brought out.
Look at the facts:
In 1923, according to county
agent's office records, the potato
brought $60,000 In income into the
Klamath Basin.
In 1930 the income figure had
risen to $1,312,000.
- In 1940 the- figure was up to
$2,959,257.
In 1944 the Income rose to $10,
256,400. In 1948 pptatoes meant $8,771,400
to the basm.
In the past 10 years potatoes
have meant upwards of $70,000,000
(M, all told, to the Basin's eco
nomy. - Though potatoes are not every
year our greatest cash crop the
farmers who grow them are more
and better distributed among the
incomes. In beef, for Instance.
Which last year surpassed potatoes
In cash Income, the Income is dis
tributed among a relatively lew
people. - 1 '
The advent ot modern tanning
could well be a gift to the tanner.
But does forced agricultureusing
irrigation and chemical" fertilizer
strain and tax the land and weak
en it until In future years the po
tato will disappear as the back
bone of our economy?
The housewife, too, may have
words. ' . .
Are potatoes on the local mar
ket representative of the Klamath
spud put up tor Rale In grocery
stores In the San Francisco area?
RUNS AGAIN
WASHINGTON I Rep. Wal
ter Norblad, 43-year-old Astoria
lawyer who represents Oregon's
Ilrst district, announced Thursday
he would run tor reelection. .
Norblad, a Republican, was
elected to Congress Immediately
alter his discharge' Irom the army
In 1045.
klk-hen of their apartment having
a few drinks and getting supper
rcaqy naiuraay nigni.
Anr.i MFVT
Then, he said, they started argu
ing about money matters and his
wife talked about leaving and
going to a downtown hotel. Plant
i-ald he didn't want her.-to go out
and drive her car in her condi
lion, mat she wa-s "pretty tight."
The argument continued to grow
violent and bitter. Plant said, and:
"I think she hit me on the head
with a boltle or something."
Plant had a large bruise on his
forehead.
"I got up from the kitchen table I
reached Into a cabinet drawer, J
pulled the hunting knife out of the '
!cabbard and subbed her twice." I
Dr. George Adler, coroner, said
a rib and Into her heart.
Plant said his wife fell to the
floor and he fell with her.
"I held her hi mv riant arm.
and she said ahe loved me. T
,,
Lh uaiA nvavar n n J n . 1 1
I to look after the bills," Plant said.
"She died ,utrkly." !lne mM 8t 4U1 81,0 ruie JJts. near story New Madison Hotel in down-
- -fuffmif atVax clear?! ' he ' cSn-i Ktamaxh-Valley- Hospital. And be- town Spokane early Thursday, rout
ii.,orf. ' ' fore the battle could a-et well under- Uh 9- nipu ih nnuH dinu
L "I didn't know 'what to do. so ll.wa5i" ,h.ree P"enicn and the dis- j
got a blanket from the foot of the !ricl ""oxney bad broken up the)
oed and a towel and put them over
her."
fLEEP i turning io ine uouiuy uourwouse
He said that during the night he il? resume work on the Plant mur
slept on the floor beside her body oer nen neard
and also on a chair in the front 'cream.
room. And during the next days 9ne. t "je officers said Eugene
he slept beside the body part of Be'?rle Ja,d Deen cut on tne arm
the lime, and at other times in j wl'n V"Ie- , , , ,
the front room He said several large cartons of
He sa d he didn't leave the i candy in the back seat ol Beierle's
cabin. Monday afternoon the man
ager of the apartment court
knocked on the door to ask what
was going on, Plant said, and he
"lust
JU31
told the manager n e was
n(lnn a littlo clean "
B . M" .-
Wednesday alternoon tne imeu,"""" , .v...,
of the blood and body began to were stopped Irom police trying to
bother him, Plant said, so he tried leave vicinity of the fight n a cab.
phoning three different friends for I Miss Reese pleaded guilty to a
advice. Only the third answered i drunk charge today and was fined
" . . . J . . .-iris Tli. (mia ntharo nlParfPrl nftt
the phone, and tola mm io can
oollee.
Before making the calls, he
said, he went into the bathroom,
look oft his bloody clothing,
washed, shaved and changed to
clean clothing. Then he called City
Police and Officer Bud Switzer
came to the apartment. He told
Switzer he thought he had Deen
hit on the head Saturday and that
he Ihousht his wife was dead.
Switzer called lor Police Chlel
Orvllle Hamilton and District At
torney D. E. Van Vactor.
During the investigation at the
apartment and lor several hours
under questioning later. Plant
stuck with a story ot not being
able to rememoer anything irom
about 8:30 Saturday night when he
and the woman were drinking in
the kitchen, until he "woke up" on
the bathroom floor Wednesday
alternoon.
COMPLAINT '
Mr. nnd Mrs. Plant nave Deen
married a little over two years,
and during "that time she twice In
stituted divorce proceedings
against him. A decree was grant
ed Dec. 12. once, last August, sne
went to the district attorney's of
fice and complained that her hus
band had threatened her with a
knife.
Plant said they had been es
tranged several times during their
married life, and only a couple of
weeks ago had become reconciled.
Mrs. Plant, 48, had been married
previously and has a son, Alvin
R. Himes. living at St. Helens. She
was a native of Hay Creek Wvo.,
aiM her lather still lives in Wyo
ming. Plant was born In Atlanta, Ga
nnd says he has no relatives In
this part ot the country. lie had
worked for the Southern Pacific
about five years here. ;
Josslin Quits
Demo Position
PORTLAND W . William L.
Josslin. Democratic state chair
man nearly three years, will quit
Feb. 2. '
In a letter to members of Ihe
state committee Thursday he said
he would resign following the com
mittee's meeting here on that date.
He said he had to give more time
to his law practice.
The committee meeting has been
set tor the same date as the an
nual Jackson Club dinner here at
which Edmund O. Brown, Californ
ia attorney general, will speak. .-;
n
UN Forces
Smash Red
Lines Today
Br SAM HLM.MF.RI.IN
SEOUL, Korea itf Allied raid
ing parties ended the 19th month
ol the Korean War Thursday with
bold strikes into the Red defense
line on the Western Front.
The heaviest fight was west of
Chorwon where United Nations
tanks and infantrymen fought for
six hours Wednesday with Chinese
entrenched on a hill.
The raiders struck again at
7:30 a.m. Thursday. The Chinese
ruined hand grenades down on the
Allies and opened up with heavy
macbinc-Run and rifle fire. The
light continued, the U.S. Eighth
Army reported.
Another Allied force hit the Chi
nese northwest of Korangoo in a
pre-dawn raid. The Eltfhlh Army
aid the raiders pulled back to
their own lines after killing 2b
Reds in an hour-long fight.
The frozen Eastern and Central
TT rntl , a r,iotr,A ofla- han . ... Alliar!
lanlr onrf orllllorv hln-. WflnM.
!day.
i Bie Allied tank clanked nn In a
l;.cven mile front between Kumsong
land the Pukhan River on the Cen
tral Front and hurled more than
1.600 rounds Into Chinese bunkers.
The lethal barrage from five van
tcge points lasted nearly four
hours. One group reported 60 Chi-
' on Communist troop positions on
'the East-Central Front.
I u.N. warships pounded Red tar-
'nets on both coasts and fired their
seaborne artillery In suDDort of Al
lied ground troops on the eastern
end of the battle line.
A North Korean ' communique
said Communist guns Tuesday sank
one Allied "war craft" off Korea's
east coast and shot down three
U.N. planes near Wonsan Wednes
day. There was no confirmation
Irom U.N. sources.
Quick End v
Given Ruckus
L Eu?,ene Bci,erle- ?? of Chiloquin.
IVs: ' 31'tfT w5' Eva' and
"al ne McNolse. 36, of route 2,
! box. P'S he WTong place
; and time about 1 a sn. today to
Uil.& I'KUl.
l,.An alf ?h?,Vlerto.K?cream renl
. , , '
I ine lour law omcers were re -
car could possibly have come from
the Chiloquin beer store roooery
Tuesday night.
Two-, other persons were also
'held for investigation of the fray.
I C-l- Ti ?0 f ftrtn Brno,! nri
: . - . Tl Tannma U7acH
15. The four others pleaded not
miiitv to disorderly conduct and
were scheduled for trial this after
noon.
Redisricting
Vote Friday
TULELAKE An election for bal
loting on re-districting Modoc
County to determine a fairer di
vision of population in proportion
to representation on the Board of
County Supervisors is scheduled for
Friday
Residents of the Tulelake com
munity In Modoc County will vote
Irom 7 a.m. to 7 P.m. in the
Newell Community Hall Local or
ganizations Interested in a fairer
vote in county affairs for residents
of this northern part of Modoc
County are urging all voters to
cast their ballots
Under the proposed change In
division of population, redisricting
would give the Tulelake-Perez area
of Modoc one supervisor, one for
the Canby-Lookout-Adin area and
divide the central portion of the
county Into two districts with the
dividing line running through the
town of Alturas.
Tulelake lor the lirst time has
one representative Jim Stearns,
elected last spring.
Crash Victim
Said Found
SANDSPIT. B. C. I' The bod
ies ol two more victims ol last
week's plane crash off Sandspit
were found on the beach near here
Wednesday. ,
One was Identified as that of
Jane Cheadle ot Seattle, steward
ess ol the Ill-fated Korean airlift
transport. Royal Canadian Mount
ed Police, who reported the find,
said the identity of the second vic
tim was not established Immediate
ly. The airliner, returning from the
Far East, with 40 military pas
sengers and three crew members,
crashed In the North Pacific while
attempting an emergency landing
In a snowstorm Saturday. Seven
survived the crash.
Police said stormy Weather was
delaying the search lor other bod
ies. Ten were recovered earlier.
Dog Bites Nose
That Amused Him
OKLAHOMA CITY I An Ok
lahoma City salesman will take Is
sue with the old saying that man's
best friend is his dog.
Geraid A. Smith, 29, was playing
with hla dog. Flash, on the living
room floor.
Suddenly. In a moment of ex
citement. Flash lumped at his mas
ter and bit off his nose.
Physicians and plastic surgeons
think they're going to have to build
Smith a new nose; the old one Is
beyond repair.
I "He's a very gentle dog," Mrs.
Smith said later.
!
Ceiling On
Pulpwood
Draws Blast
WASHINGTON IB Lumber
state congressmen have protested
the tlinimr bv the Office ol Price
SUbillzatlon of its order putting
I PriCS CClllngS On pUlpWOOd
i The ceilings, setting maximum
' prices of $10 to $30 a cord on
various types of pulpwood, went
into effect Dec. 24.
This was right in the middle
of the season after contracts al
ready had been made on the basis
of pre-ceUing costs. Rep. - Potter
IR.-Mlch.i said at a meeting in his
office Wednesday.
Ren. Bennett (R.-Mich.i. said
hundreds of small pulpwood
operators in my district are threat
ened with bankruptcy Because oi
this situation."
Rep. Blatnlk D.-Mlnn., Dondero
(K.-Micn.i and . o K.on.sKi ik.-wisi
and Oliver Dompierre, aiae to am.
i-cmu-iun ,rv.-imii.,, mwc ouiuio,
complaints at the session attended
Dy two Ufa- oniciais.
They are C. O. Brown, head ol
the Forest Products Division, and
Vincent Martin, h 1 s assistant.
Brown agreed the pulpwood order
was "'untimely.
At Bennett's suggestion, Brown
said he would recommend that the
order be amended so that it would
not take effect until May 1, the
vcgiiuiiiig ui w w,ii u.v
season.
However, he said he could not
forecast what attitude his superiors
in OPS might have toward his re
commendation. Further conferences
on the matter are planned.
Fire Sweeps
Spokane Hotel
SPOKANE (.fl Fire crept
thrniiffh the walls of the five-
estimated at $200,000.
There were no reports of injur-
'ies out several nremen were over-
jCOme by smoke.
(M'tmr niH unman in car-
ried to safety by firemen down a! march led directly to the donation
ladder from the fourth floor. More! boxes lor the Dimes benefit. .
than 30 other guests escaped down I Reynolds reported .donations are
Udders. Manv guests left clad only istill coming In by tnail ; and will
In night clothes. I be received throughout- the), rest of
The lire damage was confined to;January, 1 'ov" ,'-1
the front end of the building but '. ? i' " ";
there was extensive smoke and wa
ter damage throughout the 125-unit
apartment house-hotel.
The blaze broke out about 1:301
ajn. More than 150 firemen, bau j
tied it lor six hours in cold and
snow.-
Assistant Fire Chief Edward Ob
de said the fire seemed to keep
within the walls. He said it ap
parently started in the basement.
Firemen had to wear masks to get
inside the smoke-filled building.
Weather
ruKfcts&i iviamatn rans ana
vicinity and Northern California:
Intermittent rain or snow through
tomorrow. Low tonight 19, high to-
morrow 38.
Low last night .....
High yesterday
Preclp Jan. 23
Precip since Oct. 1
Same period last year
Normal for period . ..
1 Ml, ZF2'-'''.,,
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY at this morning coffee break. The
trio is comprised of (1 to r): Virginia Guthrey, 863 Califor
nia Ave., waitress at the Mary Ann Drive In, Main and
Riverside; Andy Andersch, 700 Doty - St., and Lewis
Toucher, 130 N. Eldorado Ave, . . .a--
More Rain
Seen For ;
Far West
By The Associated Fresa .
Bitter cold struck tha Midwest
Thursday ' and colder weather
spread eastward to the Atlantis
seaboard, but the western section
ol the nation had warmer tempera-
lures. ! - .. . 1 ' - . it ..
The warmer air In the West was
expected to move eastward and
bring at least a measure ol relict
to the frozen midlands Friday.
The north central region was lit
a deep freeze. Benildji. Minn.,
came up with probably the' lowest
official reading 35 below zero. '
The cold air extended south to
Northern Florida and east to th
coast. .:. ,
Readings over the Eastern third
of the nation were generally 6 to
25 degrees colder than ! Wednesday,
but in contrast much of the west
cm half of the country had read-
Inn, & tn in rfi.Hn- 11,.,U.
- I"" ''. Y'l'S.
!Datfcrn ,, "
mo outer cold covered Minneso-
ta, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, lovfa
ana Illinois. - (
Montana still was cold, but con
siderably less. so than Wednesday
when readings of 20 .to 30 below
zero were prevalent. - . ,
It was -32 In Alexandria,- Minn.
-28 In Fargo, N. D.. -22 In Min
neapolis. Chicago recorded s low
ol -3.
An area ol light snow extended
; from the Dakola3 westward to
Washington, while mixed rain and
snow tell from Northern California
northward and eastward into Ohio.
Rain was forecast for Northern
California lor at least several days.
( However, melting isn't expected to
creac mucn oi a Hood hazard
since the downpours are not ex
pected to melt much of the heavy
snow pack in the Sierra. : -v-The
blizzard which hammered
the Dakotas and Minnesota earlter
this week, took a toll ol at least
six lives. t j".
All main highways 'in Minnesota
were open but crews still were on
tne jod clearing the main roads
in the Dakotas of the frozen and
wwa-pacKea amis.
Dimes March
Dance Pays
Desoite Inclement weather .tha
Klamath Falls Fraternal Order ol
Eagles managed to draw $110.81
in a March of Dimes '- benefit
dance last Saturday, Frank.- Rey
nolds announced today,- V
According to one official, there
the hall in . a long time," . He
termed the dance more:,, , than a
Jean Jamleson.i a KUHS sopho
more stricken with polio last fall,
led the. grand entry march with
Dance Chairman Bob Rice; The
Oregon Roads
Remain Icy
SALEM Wl The Columbia
River Highway was icy through
the Gorge Thursday and chains
were needed on mountain roads,
the State Highway Commission
warned. :
The old Columbia River Highway
was blocked by a snow slide at
Bridal Veil, but the new . route
Vas open,
the commission recommended,
, tnat motorists carry chains In these
areas: Timberllne. Warm Springs
I Junction, TroutdeJe. Cascade Locks
9 j Siskiyou Mountains. Ochoco, Wll
- 34 ; lamette Pass, Chemult. Lakevlew,
j Pendleton. Austin and Seneca.
10.27 1 There was a silver thaw In tha
10.15 1 Pendleton area this -morning, mak-
. 6.18 ilng travel very hazardous.,